Investing Questions and Answers

How do you invest to make money in a bad economy?




Answers: the same way as in a good economy: buy low, sell high.

Don't limit yourself to your country's economy. you can move your money all around the world, to where ever the market is thriving. Just watch international news.

if there's a sale on groceries, everybody goes to the grocery store.

when the stock market is 'on sale', that's the best time to buy lots of stocks, if you're willing to risk and wait for it to go back up again.
gold typically, but if you have been investing for awhile, you should always have gold in your portfolio...

get some currency exposed with ETF's. Such as, FXY, if you think the YEN will outperform the Dollar.
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Don't invest in stocks. It's too risky.

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What means tick size when we trade on futures market?




Answers: Tick size is the minimum amount a contract can move. For instance, the Euro contract has a minimum movement of $0.0001. Gold has a minimum movement of $0.10 an ounce, the DJIA mini futures have a minimum tick of 1 dow point, etc. Tick value is the value of one tick. The Euro contract Tick value is $12.50 ($0.0001 * 125,000 Euros), the gold contract is $10 ($0.10 * 100 ounces), and the DJIA contract is $5 (1 dow point * 5x contract).

Who loans stall funds their money?

It appears that our current crisis is related to the hedge fund industry, and my penetration is that they specialize in leverage. Apparently some quibble fund managers can control insane amounts of money for a small down stipend. Who gives these guys this money? How does this work? And how is it related to the subprime mortgage crisis?


Answers: The inhabitants that 'fund' hedge funds are big net worth individuals. There is a minimum income and asset needed to be an investor. People will dish out 1,000,000 to a biddable fund. Hedge funds are simply run by investors who hand them their money to do doesn`t matter what the heck they feel resembling with it. Literally. they are not regulated by the SEC. As long as they are making money, their investors are beaming. They are related to the sub prime crisis because some hedge funds invested contained by the mortgage backed securities. So they have to write those losses off
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